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6TH ASIAN BUFFALO CONGRESS

27-30th October, 2009
Hotel Pearl Continental Lahore, Pakistan 

CONGRESS THEME

Buffalo – Prospective Animals for Milk and Meat Enterprise

 

(DAY 1) Tuesday 27 October, 2009

09:00 - 16:00   Registration

 

09:00 - 10:30 

Inaugural Ceremony

10:30 - 11:00 Tea / Coffee

 

Day 1

(Tuesday, October 27, 2009)

Plenary :(1-0)

Present Situation & Future Perspective of  Buffalo Production

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Nawaz- Pakistan
Co-Chairman: Dr.  Libertado C. Cruz - Philippine
Moderator : Prof. Dr. Masroor Ellahi Babar - Pakistan

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

11:30 – 11:50

Present situation and future perspective of buffalo production in Asia

Talat Naseer Pasha

Pakistan

11:50 – 12:10

Present situation and future perspective of buffalo production in Europe Italy

Antonio Borghese

Italy

12:10 – 12:30

Present situation and future perspective of buffalo production in Americas 

Marco Zava

Argentina

12:30 – 12:50

Present situation and future perspective of buffalo production in Africa   

 Ibrahim Soliman

Egypt

12:50 – 13:10

Enhancing the contribution of buffaloes to food security and rural prosperity in Asia

C. Devendra

Malaysia

 13:10 – 14:00

Lunch

 

Technical Session(1-1)                                     

(Tuesday, October 27, 2009)
(Crystal B)

Buffalo Nutrition & Feed Resources

Chairman:                        Dr. Muhammad Saadullah - Bangladesh
Co-Chairman:                 Prof. Dr. Ghulam Habib- Pakistan
Moderator:                      Dr. Saima Naveed - Pakistan

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

14:00 – 14:15

Enhancing buffalo productivity through usage of low quality feed stuffs Muhammad Sarwar Pakistan

14:15 – 14:30

Effect of polyethylene glycol-6000 on chemical composition and degradability of white grape pomace in buffaloes

Omid Hamidi

Iran

14:30 – 14:45

Nutritional management Strategies to improve milk production in buffaloes Ghulam Habib Pakistan
14:45 – 15:00 Nutrients intake and ovarian profile as affected by cationic anionic diets in Nili-+Ravi buffaloes in winter Muhammad Sharif Pakistan
       

 15:00 – 15:30

Tea

15:30 – 15:45

Effect of supplements on milk nitrogen on efficiency of buffalo cows Thakshala Seresinhe Sri Lanka

15:45 –  16:00

Buffalo feeding in rural conditions of west Azarbaijan of Iran

Rasoul Pirmohammadi

Iran

16:00 – 16:15

Urea molasses block in buffalo calf production M. Samad Khan Bangladesh

16:15 – 16:30

Nutritional Evaluation, Processing and Utilization of Rumen Contents for buffalo feed Azmat Hayat Pakistan

16:30 – 16:45

Nutrient profile, In situ nutrient digestibility and kinetics of five sadabahar varieties harvested at different stages in buffalo bulls Mahr-un-Nisa Pakistan
 20:00 – 22:00 Dinner (PC)

 

Technical Session (1-2.1)                                     

(Tuesday, October 27, 2009)
 (Emerald A)

 Environment/Marketing

Chairman: Dr. R. H. Usmani - Pakistan
Co-Chairman: Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman- India
Moderator: Dr. Naveed Niazi- Pakistan

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

14:00 – 14:15

An overview of milk marketing in Pakistan Maqarrab Ali Khan Pakistan

14:15 – 14:30

 Fine Adaptation To hot-humid climates for heat dissipation: The hypothesis formulated by the results In swamp buffaloes

Arata Koga

Japan

14:30 – 14:45

Effect of Supplementation on Methane Emission and Productivity of Nili Ravi buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

S. A. Khanum

Pakistan

14:45 – 15:00

Production of Buffalo Leather in Pakistan

Agha Saiddain

Pakistan

 15:00 – 15:30 Tea

 

Technical Session (1-2.2)                                      

(Tuesday, October 27, 2009)
 (Emerald A)

 Socio-Economics & Welfare Aspects

Chairman:  Dr. S. K. Ranjhan - India
Co-Chairman: Dr. Muhammad Irfan Zahid - Pakistan
Moderator:  Dr. Hafsa Zaneb - Pakistan

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

 15:30 – 15:45

UVAS technology transfer model for socio-economic development of rural area Muhammad Nawaz Pakistan

15:45 – 16:00

Buffalo production in India; An animal welfare perspective S. Abdul Rehman India

16:00 –  16:15

Need for the Publication of Literature to increase farmer's awareness for improving the productivity of Buffaloes Muhammad Aftab Khan Pakistan

16:15 – 16:30

Economic status of commercial buffalo dairy operations in Peshawar, NWFP

Sohail Ahmad

Pakistan

16:30 – 16:45

The water buffalo; Socio economic and welfare aspects

Arshad Iqbal

Pakistan

16:45 – 17:00 The water buffalo-An underutilized source of milk and meat Bakhht Baidar Khan Pakistan
20:00 – 22:00 Dinner (PC)

 

Technical Session (1-3)                                     

(Tuesday, October 27, 2009)
 (Crystal A)

Buffalo Health

Chairman:  Dr. P.K. Uppal - India
Co-Chairman:  Dr. Muhammad Afzal - Pakistan
Moderator: Dr. Asim Aslam - Pakistan

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

14:00  – 14:15

Water buffalo immune response during lactation phases: a preliminary study

Dott. Fagiolo

Italy

14:15  – 14:30

Etiopathology of neonatal calf diarrhea and its prevention and treatment

Ahrar Khan

Pakistan

14:30  – 14:45

Economic Losses Due to High incidence of Skin Diseases in buffalo on Punjab

Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry

Pakistan

14:45  – 15:00

Cross-sectional epidemiological study on mastitis in buffaloes in Tehsil Samundry District Faisalabad

Muhammad Arshad

Pakistan

15:00  – 15:30

Tea

 15:30  –  15:45

Serological responses, safety and efficacy of brucella abortus strain 19 vaccine in buffaloes Rukhshanda Munir Pakistan

15:45  –  16:00

A study on serum calcium, creatine phosphokinase and lactate dehydrogenase concentrations in post parturient hypocalcemic  in Nili Ravi buffaloes

Muhammad Ijaz

Pakistan

16:00  –  16:15

Trends in isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility of mastitis causing pathogens of Nili Ravi buffalo Muhammad Zubair Shabbir Pakistan

16:15  –  16:30

Molecular characterization of indigenous strains of foot and mouth disease virus from clinically infected buffalo herds

Atia Bukhari

Pakistan

16:30  –  16:45

Serological evidence of foot and mouth disease virus infection in Punjab Province- a cross sectional study

Manzoor Hussain

Pakistan

20:00  – 22:00 Dinner (PC)

 

Day 2

Plenary (2-0):
(Wednesday, October 28, 2009)
(Crystal B)

Genetic Improvement in Buffaloes for Enhanced Milk & Meat Production

Chairman:                        Prof. Antonio Borghese - Italy
Co-Chairman:                 Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sajjad Khan- Pakistan
Moderator:                      Syed Nasir Hussain Shah- Pakistan

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

09:00  – 09:20

Transforming swamp type buffaloes for milk and meat production through crossbreeding and backcrossing

Libertado C. Cruz

Philippine

9:20  – 09:40

Implementation of Progeny Testing program for kundhi buffalo In Sindh Abdul Ghaffar Pakistan

9:40  –   10:00

Genetic and phenotypic parameters for growth traits of Nili-Ravi buffalo female young stock in Pakistan Pervez Akhter Pakistan

10:00  – 10:20

Crossbreeding for genetics improvement in buffaloes to enhance milk and meat products

Tzonka Peeva

Bulgaria

10:20  – 10:40

Genetic improvement of Iranian buffaloes with emphasis on the cross breeding

Hamid Naderfard

Iran

10:40  – 11:00

Estimating the fertility in Brazilian Murrah male buffaloes through the use of the Breeding soundness examination

William Vale

Brazil

11:00  – 11:30 Tea

 

Technical Session (2-1.1)

(Wednesday, October 28, 2009)
 (Crystal B)

 Buffalo Breeding & Genetics

Chairman:                             Prof. William Vale - Brazil
Co-Chairman:                      Dr. Ahmad Ali- Pakistan
Moderator:                           Dr. Shahan Azeem - Pakistan

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

11:30  – 11:45

Phenotypic correlations between productive and reproductive traits of buffalo cows (bubalus bubalis) raised in Granma province, Cuba. Julio Cesar de Souza Brazil

11:45  – 12:00

Breeding buffaloes in genomics era - issues of recording and evaluation

Muhammad Sajjad Khan

Pakistan

12:00 – 12:15

Environmental sources of variation for lactation milk yield in Nili Ravi buffaloes Khalid Javed Pakistan

12:15  – 12:30

Estimation of genetic and phonotypic trends of milk production and calving interval in Iranian buffalo Davood Kianzad Iran

12:30  – 12:45

Body condition regulates milk yield and composition in dairy animals

Anila  Mushtaq

Pakistan

 12:45  –  13:00

Effects of seasonality on conception rates in water buffaloes of southern nepal evaluated by using different estrus synchronization protocols during active season and low breeding season

Bhuminand Devkota

Nepal

13:00  –   13:15

Setting baseline profile standards for some performance traits and biochemical parameters in Iraqi buffaloes

Jabbar Kh. Alsaedy

Iraq

13:15  –  13:30

Genetic Improvement of Buffalo in Nepal

Shreeram Prasad

Nepal

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

 

Technical Session (2-1.2)                                    

(Wednesday, October 28, 2009)
 (Crystal B)

Farmers and Industry Forum

Chairman:                          Mr. Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh- Pakistan
Co-Chairman:                   Mr. Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan- Pakistan
Moderator:                       Dr.  Salah-ud-Din - Pakistan

Panel:

Dr. Laiq Ahmad- Secretary Livestock and Fisheries- Sindh
Dr. Azam Kasi - DG L&DD Department- Balochistan
Mr. Atta Ullah Khan-Secretary Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperative Department- Peshawar
Mr. Mohammad Illyas Abbassi-Secretary Agriculture & Animal Husbandry-AJK

14:30 – 16:30
14:30 – 14:35 Mr. Pir Saad Ahsan-ud-Din
14:35 – 14:40 Mr. Mumtaz Khan Manais
14:40 – 14:45 Mr. Tahir Ghias
14:45 – 14:50 Mr. Hafiz Wasi Khan
14:50 – 14:55 Mr. Imran Basharat
14:55 – 15:00 Mr. Safdar Saleem Sial
 

Open Discussion

15:00  –   16:30              Concluding Remarks by Minister Livestock

16:30  – 17:00

Tea

 

20:00  – 22:00

Dinner (UVAS)

 

Technical Session (2-2.1)                                      

(Wednesday, October 28, 2009)
 (Crystal A)

 Buffalo Management & Reproduction

Chairman: Prof. Dr. B. M. A Oswin Perera – Sri Lanka
Co-Chairman: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abdullah- Pakistan
Moderator:Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Mustafa- Pakistan

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

11:30  – 11:45

Reproductive biotechnology in buffaloes: current success & challenges

Danilda Hufana Duran

Philippine

11:45  – 12:00

Application of reproductive technologies in dairy buffalo – a realistic approach

Kazim Chohan

USA

12:00 – 12:15

Improving reproductive management and productivity of buffalo in village farming system of Sri Lanka  

Oswin Perera

 Sri Lanka

12:15  – 12:30

Effect of GnRH and Estradiol Benzoate on Follicular Wave Emergence, Estrus, Ovulation and Pregnancy Rate in CIDR Treated Nili-Ravi buffaloes

 Nasim Ahmad

Pakistan

12:30  – 12:45

Nutritional and management support to reproduction in dairy buffaloes under tropical conditions

Subhan Qureshi

Pakistan

 12:45  –  13:00

Buffalo management in rural conditions of west Azerbaijan of Iran

Ahad  Gholghasem

Iran

13:00  –   13:15

Performance of buffalo and cow calves during pre-weaning period under same management conditions at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Shaukat Ali Bhatti Pakistan

13:15  –  13:30

Predicting direct measurement of body weight at field experiments in cross bred buffaloes using indirect measurement

Thakshala Seresinhe

Sri Lanka

13:30  –  14:30   Lunch

 

Technical Session (2-2.2)                                    

(Wednesday, October 28, 2009)
 (Crystal A)

Buffalo Management & Reproduction

Chairman: Prof. Dr. M.L. Madan - India
Co-Chairman: Dr. Nemat Ullah - Pakistan
Moderator:Dr. Amjad Riaz - Pakistan

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

14:30  – 14:45

Recent advances in the endocrinological manipulation of reproduction in buffaloes. M. L. Madan India

14:45  – 15:00

Survey of buffalo management practices at farmer's level M. Q. Bilal Pakistan
15:00  – 15:15 The comparative therapeutic efficacy of azithromycin, co-trimoxazole and Kalvangi (Nigella sativa) against Cryptosporidium parvum infection and their effect on growth in buffalo calves Muhammad Avais Pakistan

15:15  – 15:30

Effect of weaning protocol on the immune response of buffalo-calves and prophylatic application of levamisole Muhammad Nadeem Pakistan

15:30  – 15:45

Study of ovarian follicular development in hot ( summer ) and cold condition (winter ) in river buffalo

Sadeghinejad Javad

Iran

15:45  – 16:00

Production and Reproduction Performance of Nili-Ravi Buffaloes under field Conditions of Pakistan Hassan Mahmood Warriach Pakistan

16:00  – 16:15

The VP1 (capsid protein) gene based DNA sequencing for epidemiological analysis of FMDV, isolated from buffaloes in Pakistan Usman Waheed Pakistan

16:15  – 16:30

Establishment of an artificial insemination program based on natural cycle in water buffalo Jesus Alfredo Colombia

16:30  – 16:45

B-mode real time ultrasound imaging of testes and epididymides of normal and infertile buffalo and cattle bulls Nazir Ahmad Pakistan

 

16:45  – 17:15

Tea

 

20:00  – 22:00

Dinner (UVAS)

 

Technical Session (2-3.1)                                     

(Wednesday, October 28, 2009)
 (Emerald A)

 Buffalo Milk & Milk Products

Chairman: Dr. Muhammad Yaqoob Bhatti - Pakistan
Co-Chairman:  Dr. Faqir Muhammad Anjum - Pakistan 
Moderator: Dr. Nasir Javed - Pakistan

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

11:30  – 11:45

Isolation of casein micelles from buffalo skimmed milk by cross-flow microfiltration (0.1 µm): a comparison with cow skimmed milk

Sarfraz Ahmad

France

11:45  – 12:00

Comparative study on preference and performance of cow and buffalo milk for product diversification

Nirmla Panday

Nepal

12:00 – 12:15

Influence of different amount of starter culture on the quality of yoghurt prepared from buffalo milk

Malik Muhammad Hashim

China

12:15  – 12:30

Rheology of rennet induced curd made from buffalo milk

Imtiaz Hussain

UK

12:30  – 12:45

Storage studies on khoa produced in a semi automatic machine and packaged in LDPE and metalized polyester

B. S. Beniwal

India

12:45  –  13:00

Seasonal prevalence of campylobacter species in milk and milk products in Pakistan

Shahid Mehmood

Pakistan

13:00  –   13:15

Preparation of functional low fat ice cream from buffalo milk fat-super-olein blends

Muhammad Junaid

Pakistan

13:15  –  13:30

Buffalo milk processing and its future prospects in Balochistan

Azam Kakar

Pakistan

 13:30  – 14:30 Lunch

 

Technical Session (2-3.2)                                      

(Wednesday, October 28, 2009)
 (Emerald A)

River Buffalo- The Future Dairy Treasure for the World

Chairman:              Mr. Faisal Imam - Pakistan
Co-Chairman:       Dr. O.P. Dhanda - India
Moderator:            Dr.   Rana Muhammad Younas - Pakistan

 

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

14:30  – 14:45

Buffalo production and constrains in Bangladesh M. Saadullah Bangladesh
14:45  – 15:00

Hereditary sterilization sperm tail defects (Dag and Stump) in Brazilian buffalo bulls

William Vale

Brazil

15:00  – 15:15 Semen production and productive life of Nilli-Ravi Bulls: relationship with genetic worth Abida Parveen Pakistan
15:15  – 15:30

Review on the role of buffalo as a prospective animal for milk and meat enterprise

Captain Ashfaq

Pakitan

15:30  – 15:45

Genetic development in buffalo for enhanced milk and meat production

Manzoor Ahmad

Pakistan

15:45  – 16:00

Buffalo colonies of Karachi: An Over View

Muhammad Iqbal Brula

Pakistan

16:00  – 16:15

Diversity in Nepalese buffalo production system and research need N.P. Osti Nepal

16:15  – 16:30

Toxilogical effects and biological expression of pre-pubertal female rabbits in response to buffalo adenohypophysis hormones of buffaloes

Aamir Sharif

Pakistan

16:30  – 17:00 Tea

 

20:00  – 22:00

Dinner (UVAS)

 

Day 3

Plenary (3-0):
(Thursday, October 29, 2009)
(Crystal B)

Bio-Technology

Chairman:                  Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood Khan S.I.-Pakistan
Co-Chairman:           Dr. Tzonka Peeva - Bulgaria
Moderator:                Dr. Atif Hanif- Pakistan

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

09:00  – 09:20

Investigation of means of transmission of staphylococcus aureus in buffalo and cow herds through coagulase genotyping Ali Raza Awan Pakistan

9:20  – 09:40

Genetic characterization of Azakheli buffalo breed of Pakistan using microsatellites DNA markers Asif Nadeem Pakistan

9:40  – 10:00

Buffalo Germplasm in India - Status of Characterization and Conservation D. K. Sadana India

10:00  – 10:20

Potential and the Scope of Marker assisted selection for Buffalo in Pakistan

Masroor Ellahi Babar

Pakistan

10:20  – 10:40

Cytoenetic and genome studies in Pakistani buffalo (bubalus bubalis) - A Review

Ahmad Ali

Pakistan

10:40  – 11:00

Molecular Identification of Methanogenic Archea and Current Approaches to Alter the Ruminal Microbial Ecosystem for Methane Mitigation

M. Farooq Iqbal

Pakistan

 11:00  – 11:30 Tea

 

Technical Session (3-1)                                     

(Thursday, October 29, 2009)
 (Crystal B)

 Buffalo Health

Chairman: Major General Muhammad Ali Khan- Pakistan
Co-Chairman: Prof. Dr. Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry - Pakistan
Moderator:   Dr. Aneela Zameer Durani - Pakistan

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

11:30  – 11:45

Antibody response of buffalo calves to montanide based hyalomma homogenate vaccine Khushi Muhammad Pakistan

11:45  – 12:00

Isolation adaptation and sero-typing of local strains of foot and mouth disease virus

Rashad Munir Khawaja

Pakistan

12:00 – 12:15

Current status of buffalo brucellosis in Pakistan

 Masood Rabbani

Pakistan

12:15  – 12:30

An assessment of the economic losses caused by common g.i. parasites of buffalo in Pakistan

Khalid Saeed

Pakistan

12:30  – 12:45

Risk factor in the presentations of pathologies in water buffalo (bubalus bubalis) in a farm located in Antioquia´s middle Magdalena, Colombia

Jesus Alfredo

Colombia

 12:45  –  13:00

Studies on the prevalence and incidence of bacterial species in the uteri of slaughtered Kundi buffaloes

Jameel Ahmed Gandahi

China

13:00  –   13:15

Antimortem diagnosis of buffalo rabies using saliva samples by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Atif Hanif

Pakistan

13:15  –  13:30

Detection Of Mycobacterium Bovis In Buffaloes Blood Through Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr) And Tuberculin Test

Asadullah Khan

Pakistan

 13:30  – 14:30 Lunch

 

Technical Session (3-2)                                     

(Thursday, October 29, 2009)
 (Crystal A)

Buffalo Meat & Meat Products

Chairman:                        Dr. Peter Wynn- Australia
Co-Chairman:                 Prof. Dr. Naguyen V. Thu - Vietnam
Moderator:                      Dr. Hassan Mahmood Warriach- Pakistan
 

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

11:30  – 11:45

Safety and quality aspects of buffalo meat and meat products

S. K. Ranjhan

India

11:45  – 12:00

Effect of pregnancy on milk composition in buffaloes Sarzamin Khan Pakistan

12:00 – 12:15

Status and challenges of meat production & processing in Pakistan

Hamid Ahmad

Pakistan

12:15  – 12:30

Improving extension services to small dairy farmers to improve milk production David McGill Australia

12:30  – 12:45

Calf rearing and its importance in dairy buffalo and cattle systems in Pakistan Peter Wynn Australia

 12:45  –  13:00

Feed consumption and weight gain of growing buffalo calves as influenced by feeding fermentable energy source in corncobs based diet

M. Asif Shahzad

Pakistan

13:00  –   13:15

Protecting health, promoting trade for export of buffalo meat

P.K. Uppal

India

13:15  –  13:30

Comparative performance of calves of buffalo and different breeds of cattle on feed lot fattening

Makhdoom Abdul Jabbar

Pakistan

 13:30  – 14:30 Lunch

 

Technical Session (3-3)                                     

(Thursday, October 29, 2009)
(Emerald A)

 Buffalo Nutrition and Feed Resources

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yaqoob Malik- Pakistan
Co-Chairman:  Dr. Musaddiq Asif - Pakistan
Moderator: Dr. Tanveer Ahmad- Pakistan

Time

Title

Speaker

Country

11:30  – 11:45

Buffalo nutrition & feed resources

Naguyen.V. Thu

Vietnam

11:45  – 12:00

Metabolic effects of feeding different sources of supplemental fat to lactating Nili-Ravi buffaloes Haq Nawaz Pakistan

12:00 – 12:15

Effect of calcium soap supplementation without or with rumen-protected methionine and lysine in lactating buffaloes' ration on milk production and composition Abd el-Kader Kholif Egypt

12:15  – 12:30

Potential Use of  local forages for buffaloes production in central Vietnam

Vo Thi Kim Thanh

Vietnam

12:30  – 12:45

Nutritional considerations for improved buffalo performance Christopher King USA

12:45  –  13:00

Effect Of Varying Levels Of Dietary Protein On The Performance Of Growing Nili-Ravi Buffalo Male Calves Nasir Ali Tauqir  Pakistan

13:00  –   13:15

Natural Occurrence And Frequency Distribution Of Various Mycotoxins In Buffalo/Cattle Feed

Nighat Sultana

Pakistan

13:15  –  13:30

Effect of cottonseed feeding on the quality of buffalo bull semen

Nafees Akhtar

Pakistan

13:30  – 14:30 Lunch

 

Concluding Session

14:30  – 16:30

20:00  – 22:00

Dinner (PC)